Softball Falls To Indiana Tech, Downs Franciscan
Jacobs, Beagan combine to no-hit Franciscan
Box Score vs.
Indiana Tech
Box Score vs.
Franciscan
Courtney Jacobs threw five no-hit innings and combined with
Caitlin Beagan to throw a no-hitter on Tuesday afternoon against
Franciscan.
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CLERMONT, Fla. (March 17, 2009) –
Senior pitcher Courtney Jacobs
(Fitchburg, Mass./Fitchburg) and sophomore pitcher Caitlin Beagan (Warwick,
R.I./Pilgrim) combined to throw a no-hitter on Tuesday
afternoon to lead the Franklin Pierce University softball team to a
6-0, neutral-site, non-conference victory over Franciscan at the
National Training Center. Earlier in the day, Franklin Pierce was
defeated, 4-1, by Indiana Institute of Technology.
In the first game of the day, Indiana Tech scored a run in the
bottom of the first inning and two runs in the bottom of the third
to jump to a 3-0 lead. Franklin Pierce struck for its only run of
the game in the top of the fifth inning. Freshman infielder Keryn Shannon (Dracut,
Mass./Dracut) provided a pinch-hit single, the first hit of
her career, and came around to score on a triple by sophomore
second baseman Emily Griffin
(Leominster, Mass./Leominster). Indiana Tech would add one
run in the bottom of the sixth to create the 4-1 final.
Sophomore pitcher Kayla Johnson
(Hudson, N.H./Alvirne) threw a complete game in the circle
for Franklin Pierce and took the loss (0-2). Over six innings, she
gave up four runs (two earned) on seven hits, issued no walks and
struck out four.
In the second game of the day, Jacobs and Beagan allowed just one
baserunner and no hits to Franciscan over eight innings, as the
game ended early in an eight-run rule victory for the Ravens.
Jacobs pitched the first five innings to pick up the win (2-1), as
she walked one and struck out seven. Beagan pitched a perfect sixth
inning to finish off the combined no-hitter.
Offensively, senior infielder Elaine Matthews (Roslindale, Mass./Archbishop
Williams) finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and freshman Jamie Verner (Natick,
Mass./Natick) added a 2-for-4 performance of her own. Jacobs
helped her own cause as she brought home a run with a sacrifice
fly. Freshman infielder Meaghan
O’Neal (Littleton, Mass./Littleton) drove in a run via
the sacrifice fly as well.
The Ravens (2-4, 0-0 Norteast-10) return to the field on
Wednesday, March 18, with a pair of neutral-site, non-conference
games at the National Training Center. The Ravens will take on
Nyack at 9:30 a.m. before playing St. Thomas Aquinas at 11:30 a.m.
Franklin Pierce’s first home games are a doubleheader
scheduled for Sunday, March 29 against Southern New Hampshire at
noon.